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Situated in one of the most picturesque valleys in this part of the county, and spelled as Cidihoc in the Domesday Book, this peaceful view of the village street lined with well-built cob and

Haddenham was one of the chief breeding areas for the Aylesbury duck; its network of streams and ponds was of immense value to this industry, even if the village was famously foul-smellling in a hot summer

The construction of Flint Castle began within days of the signing of the treaty of Rhuddlan; it was the first of the Edwardian fortresses built to impose a new order upon Wales.

On the west side of the High Street stands the impressive frontage of Worcester's Guildhall.

This photograph of the lovely interior of the church gives a good indication of how the former decay in the fabric of the church described in 1779 by Thomas Beaufort as “a large, old, ugly wretched church

The Georgian style was dominant in the architecture of many of Calne's buildings, from town houses and hotels to smaller cottages.

The Victorians, who were fond of such comparisons, compared the locality of Sandown to the Bay of Naples.

The attractive old streets of St Peters are still one of the most delightful aspects of Broadstairs.

Sailing barges are tied up in the Wet Dock, the non-tidal part of the port of Ipswich.

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

A small village just south of Devizes, Potterne still has some famous and wonderfully ancient buildings. It was once a manor of the Bishop of Salisbury.

By the time that this photograph was taken, very little of Barry Castle remained.

Two girls play with a hoop on the banks of the Thames, not far from Staines. Historically, Staines marked the end of the jurisdiction of the City of London over the river.

In 1584 much of the town was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding has left Nantwich with a number of late-Tudor buildings, one of the most interesting of which is the Crown Hotel.

The magnificent late 12th-century priory church of St Mary and St Michael dominates this view of Devonshire Place.

A view of the River Wye as it flows through the limestone gorge of Chee Dale, between Bakewell and Buxton.

Much of the quietness of old Powick was lost for ever in the 20th century when a new road from Malvern to Worcester was cut through the parish.

A tiny coastal hamlet in the parish of Symondsbury, Eype was provided with its own 350-seat chapel of ease, dedicated to St Peter, in 1865 (right-hand skyline).

Of this chapel only the archway into it from the church survives, the rest being rebuilt, enlarged and extended in the 1860s, 1880s and in 1906.

Once controlled by a simple set of three traffic lights, the junction of George Street, Wellington Street (left) and Manchester Street (right) now requires a multi-function system complete with laning,

The east front of the Archbishop's Palace, pictured prior to the insertion of the modern window and the change in the roofline of the central porch.

This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.

This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.

The King's Head is one of Aylesbury's architectural treasures; it is tucked away off the Market Square. This view shows the 15th-century great hall window, ten lights wide with arched upper lights.